a tho acton free press thursday may 5th 19od personal notes of actonlans visiting outoftown points and of visitortn acton home mr james h taylor of guelph was in town wednesday renewing old acquaintances mr and mrs w d rohertson visited with mr and mrs frcd anderson on saturday mr lome hamclin of toronto visited with the johnstons on the tirst line on sunday mr and mrs james rolston spent sunday with friends in arthur and mount forest mrs r e burns of whitby spent the weekend with her mot her mrs c r somervilk r mrs james marsh and familv of scarborough visited with rel alives in town tor the weekend mr and mrs harvty sprowl and htlc son were sunday visitors r with mr and mrs melvin burns miss may armstrong of toron to is visiting with her sister mrs g r somerville on no 7 high way a course for rover crew lead en is being held in georgetown saturday ind ron smith is plan ning to attend among the many guests it the friendly circles four seasons tea wis a former president mrs sttlh adimson of gait mr and mrs johnnie kripek jimmie nd mr tnd mrs anch nohn spent the weekend with johnnies pirenls in huntswlle mrs mike coxe left milton sundi to return to el caion cilifomn ifter iltcndinl the funeral of her iithci mr chirtic withers following a business trip to the stites mi jick mainptm ol montaal spent the weeknd with mr ind mrs harrv mmnpne and mr bill mainprrzc mrs malt tlcr mrs robert tler and chilthcn ind mrs rk willis and son ire hack frim phoenix anoni due lo the ill ness ind deith of mrs j ick rid 1e mrs dougald kennedy visited with relatives in whitby the past week quite a few from town drove to sloncy creek fndav to witness the impressive queen s scout re cognition ceremonv thcrt parents and friends had reetned inviia lions mr and mrs ed minning of huntsvillt are visiting this with the latter s brother johnnie krapek and family and istting with friends m nngaia fills and hamilton also mrs george robertson from dublin institute and mrs fred anderson of aeton w i are al tending the public relations con fcrenee for conveners it the oac gucfph this week several from town ittcndtd the milton rotary club binquet at ihl masonic hill on no 25 high way tuesday evening well oier 200 heaid advertising executive don henshaw extol imagination mr and mrs stan cnpps intt fimilv spent the weekend with mr and mis j a morris st cathinnes ind visited uuh the latter s mother mrs adi frink tin who has betn i pititni it hotel dleu hospitij st cilhar ines reecnt guests of mi ind mrs j unes rolston were mi ind mrs a sp irks nnd gi indson oi cooksmlk mi junes cluk ind sisters miss mibel ci u k ind mrs l liei- of toronto mrs r andrews of mount forest mrs anne nc u of pi c ston ind mrs anne rolston ind daughkr lor t ol guelph when seoul pioup eommiltcc mm icorgc hjclctt wt he queen s seoul iecolnition ere ion it stone cr ck on tndn cm nine he wis surptised ind dt lighted to ene ninlei his i niei uhmastii horn 1 nc1 rrul hijcft he cubs when hi wis 12 ind hulnl seen his k irit i goidon willi ims sinee mi h ilccii id mi willi mis ire both slill issoe itcil with se ulnj mi willi imsj s now the district comniissiorui ti h itnilton iittr to tw mtox comes to defense of schools parries concerneds points r3bjisr3sassr- ssw yehsnwc school children participate in reading council meeting rcnlalhctciccicc consist cd ol l fuliord ind m ss e alk on both ol oakilk mrs l horning and d truemin burling ton fiank hughes ind eliibeth hodgson hillon district no 2 and elda pressc of milton mrs on cope land of aeton and doug i seott of georgetown rprcscntinl shaltundibmct nol individual meetings following the general meeting four lrde nuttings were siiged nh kindeiarten teachers over 200 teachers from halton county sehools attended the third and fiml meeting of the hilton reading council of the international reiding assoc nl on and heird lectures saw displas and eleeted new office is it th robert little school aeton wed nesdiv eneninp in charge of the evenings pro gram was llovd futfoid of oik mile from the oikullc ctnirit school new officers the first pnrt ol thl meeting dc tit with the election of new officers with the following cho sen to ael on the executive pre sident mrs florence mian bur ling ton v ie pt e side n i gordon buekev bronle setntar david piwson burhnglon and treasur er harold calling gcorcctown e k eondtulod by miss margiret wettlaurftr at cm kindergirtm lonsult mi to ronto bo ird ol edueali m her to pic was reading riidnuss gridi 2 and 3 uaehcrs wen entertained bv pupils 1mm gride three from tin robert luile pub- he sehool whm miss r ailetn belfn ba mister toronto te i ehirs college nitt the v ninpmtis fur the ftrsi time and alur a bne f k sson had them demon strite to thi grade leichcrs ihi little public school dimonstrat id in tin simc minnei under the tuition ol mrs gene millir reid ing supervisor south peel bond of ldinition lectures teachers gi uli seven ind eight teachers from the lotinlv heiul clitnk wtlsm ba b cd pnnupa glen awn public school n rth ork give i leiluie on teaching hiding in thi conlent areas miss belfrv s demonstrated topic w is the bisie primary ikils of w ird ittnk ind word anihsis while mis miller chose thi topn i mphisizing skills ba sh to the iuviopment of comp rehension mr fulfoid pist president of the associilion siiicd the urns ind obicets ol thi organization ardo prumute a hiiiher quality in reading and in inlirest in thi h isic sub l ri tdine in the communitv hollowing the mciline lunch mj served in the home ceonorri us room of thi school pnncipil g w mckenzie was host to the visiting teachers pupils panfctpare th sc i iking pin in the ik monsiralion excrcim- undei the k iduship ol miss belfrv wen ihe i 11 iwtnc pupils irom ihc r 1 ilk school g 3 lla the editor acton free press dear sir since no one else came forward in defence of our schools and tea chers i d like to say a few words concerned criticising our out put of university students coun sels us to forget our dreams of sending our children to university if they attend acton schools as evidente to support this ad ice concerned compares the figures of 47 and 48 to those of today claiming that though the children have the same intellig ence today they are not receiving expert guidance by qualified tea chers postwar years would the wnler then have us believe thai the teachers of those ears hid university decrees that they were teachers with sup- inor education and quahfiia lions those were the immediate post war years when there were few lobs available and a sudden ex eess of man power disehailed h oni the armed forces in the decade since there ins been a lumendous change in living slan dards and wages jobs walling thiiv i feiade xii oi xiii slu tknl ean wilk out and get i good job or lake a course al teachers college th it will put eood monev in then pockets now nihir than mike the situfiees required of ihem to gun their degree is this silualun the fuilt of the te ichers i is it due to ikc monumental lupulitv of our piesent d iy socic iv parents must help our whole economy evolves nound l ik have now wonv lit ei poliev wtth this piiicrn for them to follow how e in we expect the ljadu ilmg students to he different te ichcis i in jvc rood tor ihc mind but the p iienls nuisl het he ippetile lei tllll kind of diet ilioi townds iirmcrsitv seeing into the needs of the future ind tin unquinihihk euriousitv for k irntng musi bejjn in ihi home ind c lined on ihioiich ion stint it nditionini of the child townds the l ids of hijhu k mi ing can i arford to compete it our schools hive bin mi i 1 1 amine ground tor k uhirs does ibis situation exist onl in ael in oi in all sni ill ovcriixcd towns who in i illord to c unpeti wilh the industn ilized urh m ueas foi the seivieis of the experienced ind specializing teachcis and if ic ichcis who begin jo a ion an now hithlv riled m then profes sions is that not a matter for prtde rather than concern more need education are there not many many more children in need of education should we begrudge the infants and the unborn the opportunity to have good teachers because we don t feel that beginners should learn m our schools under the guidance of the fine principals and teachers we have on our staffs school inspectors constantly cheek on the teachers now and old to see that the rigid standards of the department of education are maintained and our school board makes no bones about dismissing teachers who are not up lo par best in halton our public schools have been recommended as being the besl run top qualified schools m hal ton countv does that not speak well enough for their quahfica tions perhips concerned does nof realize that the canadian educa lional policy is based on educa lion for all round living for ill ehildicn not ust concent riling the three r s on those who are ibk lo go higher thtoufch abihlv or iireumsl inees or meins is is the poliev tn other countries not enough for all as for the wnler s u medial methods foi out hich sehool this i in ideal situation any paient or educator would agree and is prae used in some toronto schools but iside from the realistic fmineial point of view there jusl aren i noueil specialists to co iround the oea recognizes th it 70 of mathematics spcuahsis ire r 60 veais of iee consider ilso thai the department of education has w iter duwn the entrance requirements while siill maim un ine us ltide xiii slant irds which leaves i bigger job for to- d iv s teacheis in the same unouni ol lime a university degree dots not mike a teither il is a special qu dilv wilhin i person th il te ids i he m inlo the it idling profession iuis tiulv mis t biowni subpost office handling orders right in plant the rush at the michigan bulb company in shipping orders for plants and shrubs is bigger lhan ever this year orders are com ing in and being shipped oui by the hundreds every dav one peak dav over a full trim car load of michigan bulb stock left town containing 1100 bags of mad each day one car u com pletely grven over to the orders again this year ihe post office has set up i suboffice right in the bower ave pi mt lo faeiht lie their work mfs john chapman is in charge working wilh mrs shirley bnte mrs herb cook cam lcishman ind bob heallev eark spring and fall are pc ik se isons lor mailing priceless prose dai lint s ll he hush ind i m wnline a leller to oui mulhti 1 wish 1 could lemimbcr what i wrole lo hti the list hint which irnde her so ingiv she laniilled hei isil to us the happrnes of your pends upon llic qu ditv thoughts life dt tv and radio owners test your own tv radio tubes freei on test o matic tube tester do it yourself save money fine- selection of cigarettes cigars tobaccos and smo kers supplies acton billiards a of re pr grade 4 5 and b ic ichirs had much the same cxpimncc when pupils from gride at the robert c i ion mckiv mnhiil manh mini sandv piltu giv ellis i intl i liwson jud dt in svln h m usek him binnlive sltw in shiron while billv pen ltd n fliibclh hursi mar hi mekinzu noel meis pu iicii nieiil ik anne wilson t ikinc put in the instruction il ks n undti thi luttum if mrs milki wet thi mkwing f r im iradt s f the robert link schcxl jims me mullen hiun i j n tun lmul hui rpkltts carol be iilv jo mine mireh me ni dav id w itson anihonv huisi bill landsborouh general meeting agon legion minor sports second qumtotly meeting acton legion auditorium monday aaay 9 at 830 pm managers coaches of hockey teams requested for voting on valuable player awards everyone welcome m m y m m y a rr whutcvcr else vou cive be sure to send flowers 10 mom on mothers d iv 11 i the p w iy y express vour love e tmarks phone 88 our thanks to all mothers mimmmb guest speakers special music at ballinafad anniversary anniversary services were held in ballinafaii united church sun day with a fine attendance at both services rev john mcdermid bramp i ton was guest speaker taking as his texi a sibbalh d iv s jour nev i mrs hincock of glen willnms he guesl soloim sine how grc it fhou art and bt snll my soul the choir sang an inlhem rev w w sherwm of guelph was guest speiker for the evening service liking as his text f nth showing how wt should not be afraid to g imblc on the cood things of life ind forge l the wrong hillshurfeh prtsbvlemn choir supplied ihe music for thi evtn ny service swiginc two inthtms recent visitors vsilors for thi div were mr nnd mrs ave cnpps wasaga beach keith and elizabclh allon gtoreetovvn mrs ken cotton ind bonnie orion mrs arnold 150 falls michigan s uppei peninsul i has 150 waterfalls they range from seven lo 75 feel in height concrete weil and culvert tile arid septic tanks top ouililv lowest prices erin tile works phone erin 34r32 4at memoire cherie perfume mist with pursf fl acon mfaioire dime created in franee by elizabeth anteo was rrcenily award rd the grand loupe d or by the it 5 for be ng br ght and cheery in the things you say and do tt s for h d ng your troubles w th the gayest of smiles it s for radiating ipy down the long lonely m les it s for h d ng your worr es and making folks gay it s for be ng kind and gentle along i fe s way it s for leach ng us mom every day after day l fe is wonderfully sweet if you i ve t gods way ledgers ga comite du bop co fit francis as the finct fragrance ever crratrd and acclaimed by france now mim artlen has made it possible for thor who are not ami liar with thi unforgettable fragranrr lo discover it for themselves in a spenal icoy a 3 oi bottle of mcmoire chene perfume mit i 00 value plus a flaron of mfmoire li ene perfume 4 00 value both for 6 00 coopers drug store 31 mill st rfronn7 mclncry wiin mr ind mrs robt mcencry mr and mrs frank wilson ashgrove with mr ind mrs tom gibson mrs wilier lmham with mr ind mrs willird sanderson mrs d a russell mr and mrs rav mcencry mrs wm evans of acton mrs j mcenery silvercrcek with mr and mrs cam mcencry v mrs ella mcfnerv of guelph tit the home of her son visiting brother mrs jesse mcenery left last thursdiv o spend i couple of weeks with her brother mr joe dimpicr of tennessee who has been confined to hospitil follow ing an accident in which hib wife wis killed extend sympathy the svmpithv of ihis commun iv is extended to mr and mrs joe mallhcws in ihe pissing of mrs matthews mother ifler a lengthv illness mojwavw 1s sunday may 8th mother will appreciate a gift from pallant opposite post office ge refrigerator 10 cu ft spacesaver manual defrost priced to save 1 9995 mothers day sym0n hardware im ledgers lucky draw wit iucky draw winner at ledger s i g a food s ore saturday mrs elmer roszell 10 knox avenue a i pict above recei atembsktn rugas her prae fm1oi dave manes all those d sappomled n th s draw w ii have an opportun ty to win grand prizes dur ng ledger s free b ngo being staged n the near future watch for the date advert sement in theatre now open directions fheje m s 12 miles west of acton on no 7 h ghway half v ay between rockwood and guelph turn let a forbes garage to arr ve at the dr v e in thurs fri have r sat ft mon gunmans walk n technicolor w th cinemascope starring van her in t tab hunter enchanted island in color wilh dana andrews and jani powfu cartoon homo twoot homo will travel with the three stooges 30 foot bride of candy rock with lou costeuo cartoon ctgoy birds tues wed bell book and candle in technicolor james stewart and kim novak never love a stranger adult john barrymore jr ami uta milan cartoon frcktf puss j